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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Epicurus

He who is not satisfied with a little is satisfied with nothing.
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Little Philosophy Satisfaction Science
We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink…
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Drink Eat Look
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
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Charity Donation Giving never Positive
The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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Crowd Force Time Withdraw Yourself
There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.
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Abstract Compact Justice Men
Death is nothing to us. When we exist, death is not; and when death exists, we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death, there is awareness.
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Awareness Conscious Death Existence Fear Life Pleasure Sensation
To eat and drink without a friend is to devour like the lion and the wolf.
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Drink Eat Friendship Funny Lion Wolf
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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Desire Hope Inspirational Minimalism Remember Spoil
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
I was not, I was, I am not, I care not.
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Care Death Existence One Liner
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.
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Awful Death Philosophy Wisdom
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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God Himself Man Obtain Power Pray
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
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Approve Be Yourself Crowd
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

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